Total Crime Rate
601.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
304.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cottage Terrace area has the 18th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cottage Terrace (NG1 5DX) in the last 12 months was 601.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Castle average (644.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 304.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cottage Terrace (NG1 5DX), the main crime hotspot is near Cottage Terrace. Police recorded 166 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcastle Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper College Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cottage Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Helen'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottage Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cottage Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oliver Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oliver Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Helen'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper College Street | — |
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